spite or malevolence to the deceased in particular, but evil design in general, the dictate of a wicked. depraved, and malignant heart; not premeditated personal hatred or revenge towards the person killed, but that kind of unlawful purpose which. if persevered in, must produce mischief. State v. Pike, 49 N. H. 399. 6 Am. Rep. 533. And see Thiede v. Utah, 159 U. 8S. 510, 16 Sup. Ct. 62, 40 L. Ed. 237; State v. Fiske. 63 Conn. 388, 28 Atl. 572; Nye v. People, 35 Mich. 19;